Melinda Clayton's Blog - Posts Tagged "new-year-s-resolutions"
Collard greens and black-eyed peas
So here we are, starting a brand new year with brand new opportunities to grow, challenge, love, and learn. Pretty cool, isn't it?
As I always do, I fixed (fixed - a word my northern friend finds hysterical when used to mean "cooked") collard greens and black-eyed peas for New Year's dinner (well, I am southern, after all). And you never know - I have a wonderful life. Maybe I owe it all to those greens and peas. At any rate, I'm not willing to take a chance and find out.
I also kept a quarter in my pocket as we "crossed over" into the new year, per our wonderful friend and neighbor, Ms. Josephine, may she rest in peace.
As Ms. Josephine taught me, "You don't want to cross over into the new year without a little money in your pocket." No, we don't, Ms. Josephine, and we all thought of you, with a tear in the eye, as we pocketed our quarters.
I also made a couple of resolutions. Last year I decided to get cute with it, and said I wanted to make goals I could actually keep, such as gaining five pounds and increasing my gray hair. Wouldn't you know, I exceeded even my own expectations. So much for getting cute.
This year I should probably at least lose the extra five-ish (hush, y'all) pounds. The gray will stay, because I rather like it. I've earned it (not to say I didn't earn the extra five-ish - shhhh - pounds, but that's different).
I suppose I should also finish the book that's been rattling around in my head. Heck...maybe I should just set a goal of starting it, and go from there. I don't want to get too ambitious.
Here's to all of us. May we each stretch beyond our comfort level, experience something new, appreciate something old, and learn along the way.
Best,
Melinda
As I always do, I fixed (fixed - a word my northern friend finds hysterical when used to mean "cooked") collard greens and black-eyed peas for New Year's dinner (well, I am southern, after all). And you never know - I have a wonderful life. Maybe I owe it all to those greens and peas. At any rate, I'm not willing to take a chance and find out.
I also kept a quarter in my pocket as we "crossed over" into the new year, per our wonderful friend and neighbor, Ms. Josephine, may she rest in peace.
As Ms. Josephine taught me, "You don't want to cross over into the new year without a little money in your pocket." No, we don't, Ms. Josephine, and we all thought of you, with a tear in the eye, as we pocketed our quarters.
I also made a couple of resolutions. Last year I decided to get cute with it, and said I wanted to make goals I could actually keep, such as gaining five pounds and increasing my gray hair. Wouldn't you know, I exceeded even my own expectations. So much for getting cute.
This year I should probably at least lose the extra five-ish (hush, y'all) pounds. The gray will stay, because I rather like it. I've earned it (not to say I didn't earn the extra five-ish - shhhh - pounds, but that's different).
I suppose I should also finish the book that's been rattling around in my head. Heck...maybe I should just set a goal of starting it, and go from there. I don't want to get too ambitious.
Here's to all of us. May we each stretch beyond our comfort level, experience something new, appreciate something old, and learn along the way.
Best,
Melinda
